Have you been thinking about creating a tool qualification roadmap for your own software? It all starts with the tool qualification workshop! This week, Dr. Oscar Slotosch explains what you can expect at a workshop: who should participate, what topics are covered, how long it takes, and what it will result in. For a detailed discussion of the tool qualification roadmap, listen to our previous episode: Episode 09: Tool Qualification Roadmap , and to learn more about the work of Validas, check out...
Jul 15, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this week’s episode, Dr. Oscar Slotosch takes us on a journey through the tool qualification roadmap — where do you start when you want to ensure your software is safe to use, which parts of the project are crucial, and how does Validas approach the safety analysis of new software? Learn all that and much more by joining us through the Tool and Library Qualification podcast! In our next episode, we explain what you can expect at a tool qualification workshop with Validas — and how it can help...
Jul 08, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode we tackle TD, or tool detection, the process of determining how likely it is that potential errors in software tools will be detected. Tune in to learn how TD is used to reach a tool confidence level (TCL), the details of how it is determined, whose responsibility it is to investigate TD levels, and why some of these levels might lead to more reliable software than others. To learn more the importance of a well-chosen tool confidence level, listen to our Episode 07: Tool Confiden...
Jul 01, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 8
When using a software tool or compiler in a safety-relevant project, it’s important to be confident in its results — using the ISO 26262 safety standard, we call this reliability the tool confidence level (TCL). In this episode, Oscar explains how TCL classes are determined and how they affect the tool usage, why you wouldn’t want the lowest TCL for your product, and where TCL classification might be more trouble than expected. To learn about the role of confidence and classes in safety-relevant...
Jun 24, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
After our Whit Monday break, this week we tackle the hefty topic of safety standards! Join Dr. Oscar Slotosch as he leads you through the usage of safety standards and their application to the development of different types of software, as well as the difficult questions of what is an acceptable risk and how we should think about the safety of new technologies. In Episode 29: Safety Compliance , we go further into the details of compliance as defined by safety standards, in Episode 33: ISO 26262...
Jun 17, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Tool users, tool providers, safety experts, and developers — what role do they have in the qualification processes and whose responsibility is it to ensure a tool is safe? If you’ve ever been puzzled by this nomenclature, join us in this week’s episode, in which Dr. Oscar Slotosch breaks down the crucial roles involved in qualification and shares his insights on their importance. To see the big picture and the responsibility of each role in a qualification process, listen to our Episode 09: Tool...
Jun 03, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Join us in this week’s episode to learn about all the qualification processes necessary for a good tool or library qualification. Dr. Oscar Slotosch discusses the ins and outs of a standard qualification, the preparation that comes before qualification, and how building QKits just might increase the quality of your projects! In our next episode, Episode 05: Qualification Roles , we discuss the responsibilities of each role in a qualification process, and in Episode 09: Tool Qualification Roadmap...
May 27, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In our third episode, Dr. Oscar Slotosch explains why tools need to be classified before they are qualified, where the classification rules are determined, and which class you really want your tools to be in. Join us to learn how to perform a classification, how to wrangle error mitigations, and why classes in avionics hold extra weight! For a detail look at how smart classification affects the safety of your tools, listen to our Episode 07: Tool Confidence Level . Your producer and friendly rep...
May 20, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In our second episode, we set the stage and define all the topics crucial in the business of qualification: tools, libraries, safety standards, classification, and qualification itself. What methods can you use to claim a tool or library is safe and where do the most obscure problems always pop up? Join us to find out! For an in-depth look at these important topics, listen to some of our later episodes: Episode 03: Classification , Episode 06: Safety Standards , Episode 09: Tool Qualification Ro...
May 13, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In our first podcast episode, we introduce the topic of tool qualification — the main area of expertise of both Validas and our host, Dr. Oscar Slotosch. Why do we qualify tools, when did we start paying attention to tool safety, and how difficult of a task is it to ensure human life isn’t put in danger by unreliable software? Learn about all that and much more in our Tool and Library Qualification podcast! For details on how tool qualification can help you create a more efficient product, liste...
May 03, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 1
As experts in the creation of safe software systems, in this podcast hosted by Dr. Oscar Slotosch we answer all the questions in the field of tool and library qualification. Each episode guides you through a crucial topic via discussions, interpretations, and examples given by safety professionals in Validas and beyond, and there’s something for everyone — from specialists to beginners! Our podcast spans the gap between the basic safety standards and new safety products on the market; we’ve crea...
May 01, 2019•5 min
